Genzyme Canada Inc. ("Genzyme") respects individual privacy and values the confidence of its customers, partners, patients and employees.

This Privacy Policy and Notice of Information Practices sets forth Genzyme's practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information that you may provide through the Genzyme Canada website - genzyme.ca (the "Site"). Please read this entire privacy policy before using the Site or submitting information to Genzyme through the Site.

Privacy Policy and Notice of Information Practices:

Your Consent

By using the Site and whenever you submit information through the Site to Genzyme, you agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy and Notice of Information Practices (the "Privacy Policy"), and consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Data Collection

Genzyme only collects personally identifiable data such as your name, address, telephone number or email address when you voluntarily submit it to Genzyme. This information may be used by Genzyme personnel as a means to contact you to obtain more information, to improve the Site, or it might be used to provide you with information that you have requested or additional information which Genzyme believes may be of interest to you. The data will not be transferred outside the company without your prior consent, but may be used within Genzyme or by a company acting as an agent of Genzyme for processing and mailing purposes. Genzyme may also use this information within the company for performing marketing studies or for other commercial purposes for which it may receive compensation.

Genzyme maintains the data collected in an electronic database of voluntarily submitted personally identifiable information. Genzyme and its agents may exchange such information with each other or with you over the Internet or intranet systems for the purposes of carrying out the services described above.

While Genzyme uses reasonable efforts to protect the information collected through the Site, please be aware that there is always some risk involved when submitting data over the Internet. We cannot guarantee that the Site is 100% safe from illegal tampering or "hacking." Any data transmitted over the Internet may be at risk; however, once it is received at Genzyme and entered into its database, it has the same protection that Genzyme extends to its own confidential information.

We track the total number of visitors to the Site, the number of visitors to each page of the Site, and the domain names of our visitors' Internet service providers. No personally identifiable information is gathered in this process.

Updating Your Information

If at any time you wish to stop receiving emails or other communications from us, or if you have submitted personally identifiable information through the Site and would like to have that information deleted from our records, please notify us. You may also request access to personal data about you that Genzyme holds and you may have the opportunity to request a correction or amendment to your personal data. As a reminder to you when exchanging emails, any email that you send or receive on your employer's email system may be the property of your employer. Consequently, your employer has the ability to review your personal information sent via email.

Links to Third Party Sites

As a convenience to our visitors, the Site currently contains links to a number of other sites that we believe may offer useful information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those sites. You should contact those sites directly for information on their privacy policies, confidentiality agreements and data collection/distribution procedures.

Children's Policy

The Site is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 13. We do not collect personal information from any person we actually know is a child under the age of 13.

Cookies

The Site uses a technology called "non-persistent cookies," which is a small data file that a server gives to your browser when you access a website in order to let you access the pages you request and to track the pages visited. Using non-persistent cookies to track page visits helps us analyze the Site usage more accurately. In cases in which non-persistent cookies are used, we will not collect personally identifiable information except with your explicit permission. If your use of the Site involves a password, you give us explicit permission to use a "persistent cookie," which is a small data file that is generated when you enter your assigned user id and password and access the Site. This file is stored on your computer, and enables your browser to access each page that is in the password-protected area. Please note that linked sites may also use cookies. Genzyme cannot control the use of cookies by those other sites. We also want you to know that when you link from a Genzyme website to another website, that site may have the ability to recognize that you have come from a Genzyme site. If you do not want any other websites to know that you have been on the Site, we recommend that you do not use the links provided in the Site.

Privacy Policy Updates

Genzyme reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy or any portion thereof at any time without notice by updating this posting. The collection, use and disclosure of your personal information by Genzyme will be governed by the version of this Privacy Policy in effect at that time. New versions of this Privacy Policy will be posted here. Your continued use of the Site subsequent to any changes to this Privacy Policy will signify that you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with the changed Privacy Policy. Accordingly, when you use the Site you should check the date of this Privacy Policy and review any changes since the last version. You should also bookmark this page and periodically review this Privacy Policy to ensure that you are familiar with the most current version.